Paramount Press Books (1918)

Advance Press Stories of “Secret Service” To be Sent to the Newspapers Immediately Prior to and During the Presentation of Major Robert Warwick’s Great Starring Vehicle A Paramount-Arteraft Special Picture WANDA HAWLEY IS LEADING WOMAN IN ‘‘SECRET SERVICE” Star .Admirably Supported in William Gilleltte’s BigStory of the War OVELY, charming and talent•* — * ed Wanda Hawley plays the leading feminine part in “Secret Service,” William Gillette’s famous drama of the Civil War, in which Major Robert Warwick is featured and which will be presented as a Paramount-Arteraft special at the Theatre next Miss Hawley is a prime favorite with film fans everywhere and she has appeared with great success in numerous Paramount and Artcraft photoplays. She is not only beautiful but a finished actress as well. The rest of the cast is really worth talking about. Major Robert Warwick, late of General Pershing’s staff overseas, plays the part the author created — Lewis Dumont, known as “Captain Thorne.” That he plays it well is undoubted. Robert Warwick is as splendid an actor as he was a soldier and withal a man whom all admire. Irving Cummings plays the heavy role, while Raymond Hatton, Robert Caine, Casson Ferguson, Theodore Roberts and others have fine parts to which they do full justice. Hugh Ford was director and Beulah Marie Dix wrote the scenario. Major Warwick’s Record jV/I\JOR ROBERT WARWICK, I VI who appears as Lewis Dumont in the Paramount-Arteraft special, “Secret Service,” at the Theater this week, was formerly leading man with Mrs. Leslie Carter, Virginia Harned, Mary Mannering and other noted actresses. In the screen world he is famous for many fine things. He served for seventeen months in the American army, and saw active service “over there.” THRILLS THAT STIR THE SOUL ABOUND IN “SECRET SERVICE” Major Robert Warwick, War Hero, is Hero in Gillette’s Civil War Play HP'HRILLS that stir the soul are *■ plentiful in “Secret Service,” William Gillette’s famous drama, a Paramount-Arteraft special picture which comes to the Theatre next Major Robert Warwick, who has doffed the khaki and temporarily wears the blue of the Federal and the butternut of the Confederate service in this picture, plays the role made famous by Mr. Gillette. Caught in a desperate situation, in his efforts to betray Richmond into the hands of the Union Army, the hero is saved by a Southern Girl who has learned to love him. This is not, however, a war play with shot and shell flying thickly ; but a tense human story of a few people involved in a network as the result of secret service in its most dramatic sense. In the supporting cast are found many favorites. Wanda Hawley, beautiful and talented, is Edith Varney, the heroine, playing opposite Major Robert Warwick. Others in the cast are Theodore Roberts, Raymond Hatton, Irving Cummings, Casson Ferguson, Edythe Chapman and Guy Oliver. Fine Photography FpINE work has been done by *■ William Marshall, cameraman for Hugh Ford’s production of the Paramount-Arteraft special, “Secret Service,” in which Major Robert Warwick plays the leading role made famous by William Gillette, the author-actor, at the Theatre this week. Mr. Marshall has given the greatest care to the lighting and composition and the scenes are in many instances exceedingly beautiful. 13 DELIGHTFUL STORY OF LOVE AND WAR IS “SECRET SERVICE” Famous Gillette Stage Success Finely Picturized and Admirably Cast A DELICATE and delightful **• love story is contained in William Gillette’s drama, “Secret Service,” scenarized by Beulah Marie Dix, directed by Hugh Ford and released as a Paramount-Artcraft special picture. It will be seen at the Theatre next and will repay a visit to the showhouse, because it remains one of the most striking dramas ever written and in screen form should duplicate the success of its stage career. Major Robert Warwick is cast for the role made famous by the author. The love element is characterized by that charming chivalry and beauty of the old South. There never has been a period in the history of America when men were more chivalrous or women more delicately charming; nor a place, perhaps, where these qualities were more in evidence than in the states below the Mason-Dixon line. Wanda Hawley is Edith Varney, with whom Lewis Dumont, as Captain Thorne, falls in love. The entire cast is wonderfully well selected. For suspense, the story of this play cannot be excelled. William Gillette is a recognized master of stage technique and the mechanics of the stage, but he has also a real literary skill. Oliver Clever Servant UY OLIVER gives a splendid rendition of the colored servant, faithful and true, in “Secret Service,” the William Gillette drama, a Paramount-Arteraft picturization of which will be shown at the Theatre next. ...... Major Robert Warwick is the' leading player, and Wanda Hawley plays opposite to him.